Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Virginia, 2021
11 flood watches in 2021. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 11
- Busiest month
- February5 flood watches
- Busiest day
- February 27, 20213 flood watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 3:14 PM EST | Flood Watch | AKQ | Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Mathews, Northampton, Southampton and 11 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:09 PM EST | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 63 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:11 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 52 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:23 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Highland | 47 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:46 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Craig, Giles and 13 more | 50 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:20 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Bland, Tazewell | 2 min |
| Mar 30, 4:56 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 29 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:53 PM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig and 12 more | 12 min |
| Sep 21, 4:11 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 22 more | 102 min |
| Oct 5, 11:59 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Culpeper, Greene, Madison and 8 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:07 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Fairfax, Greene and 11 more | 28 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockbridge County5
- Amherst County4
- Alleghany County3
- Bath County3
- Bland County3
- Botetourt County3
- Craig County3
- Giles County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pulaski County3
- Roanoke County3
- City of Buena Vista3
- City of Covington3
- City of Lexington3
- City of Radford3
- City of Roanoke3
- City of Salem3
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Wythe County2
- Bedford County2
- Franklin County2
- Albemarle County2
- Augusta County2
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
- Nelson County2
- Page County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Rockingham County2
- Warren County2
- City of Charlottesville2
- Gloucester County1
- Greensville County1
- James City County1
- Mathews County1
- Northampton County1
- Southampton County1
33 more counties
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Emporia1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Virginia Beach1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Highland County1
- Carroll County1
- Floyd County1
- Grayson County1
- Henry County1
- Patrick County1
- City of Galax1
- City of Martinsville1
- Culpeper County1
- Orange County1
- Arlington County1
- Fairfax County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.